It was still rather early in the day when Professor Artrus let us out to wander about the campus. Haven Academy was a large, square shaped facility, which allowed for a large, square park in the middle for students to relax, hang out, or even get lunch from the vendors that would wander through the area with the school's permission.

I watched as some students were already forming lines for one such vendor's food stall, pulling their Lien out and conversing with one another about the food. Others wandered around, admiring the school and the park around them. A few others chose to stay in their personal little corners, making as little contacts as possible; not exactly a beneficial idea, seeing as we were to make teams once we passed the exams. One girl, in a blue hoodie with a pattern of white specks, was especially doing her best not to come into direct contact with anyone. People passed her by without any regards, which seem to make the girl happy. Another student, was attracting stares and looked like he was a little uncomfortable about said attention. He had spikey light grey hair and green eyes, with red metal bracelets on both wrists. We made eye contact for a moment before he turned away and continued to walk through the park. I followed him for a moment, and saw that he had a dog's tail.

A faunus? I thought. Interesting, haven't really come into contact with many faunus in back in Sanctum.

I continued to wander around the square until I found an empty bench. Sitting down and placing my backpack on the ground between my legs, I took out my Scroll and put in my earbuds.

~You can take my liiiiiife… I'm not your Sacrifiiice…~

Just my luck, my favorite song popped up first upon pressing Shuffle. A tap on my shoulder caused me to look up. A somewhat tall girl, taller than me at least, in a white and dove grey dress and holding a large staff was looking back at me (For reference, think of Weiss' clothes, but a dress instead of a skirt). She had straight golden blonde hair that seemed to be moved by a non-existent breeze. Her eyes were a soft blue with tints of white around the edges of her iris. I removed one earbud to hear her out.

"Would you mind if I sat here?" Her voice was soft and kind. Almost motherly, in a way. "I've been wandering around for ages, but the other benches are a bit crowded."

"Sure, I suppose." I scooted over a bit, despite the decent amount of room on the bench. As she sat down, I offered my hand in greeting. "I'm Railen."

"Elysia," She shook my hand with a small smile as she sat down next to me. "Nice to meet you."

"Likewise, Elysia." Her hands were somewhat firm, but soft. "So, what do you uh… do?"

"You mean, how do I fight?" She asked. "And is that how you always start a conversation with new acquaintances?"

"Yes," I replied, referring to her fist question before continuing, "And when we happen to be in an academy for Hunters and Huntresses with vast potential, yes."

"Hmm, I suppose you're correct in that way of thinking." She said, before bringing her staff in front of us. I hadn't noticed before, but her voice had a faint, refined tone to it. "I'm a Dust mage."

"You channel Dust through your staff, then?" I guessed, and her smile confirmed it.

"That's right." She said. "I specialize in Wind Dust, though, seeing as my Semblance is based on Wind."

"Really?" I asked. I had never seen a Wind based Semblance before. "And…?"

"I'll save showing it off for the initiation, however." She said. "It's a touch too dangerous for to show it here. How about you, Railen? How do you fight?"

"Well, I have a short sword and dagger." I displayed my weapons, then changed my grip on my dagger to show what would have been a regular butt of a regular knife, but instead was a barrel, along with a trigger mechanism that appeared with the press of a button. "And the dagger also acts as a pistol for some range coverage."

"That's rather convenient." Elysia commented. "Does it help your Semblance in any way?"

"Not really," I answered. "Not in a way that I've thought of at least."

"And your Semblance?" She asked.

"You didn't show me yours," I remarked.

"For good reason!"

"It's still not fair."

"You two seem like a fun group so far." Another voice popped into the conversation. Elysia and I turned to see the boy from before. His tone was rather flat, but not cold. Just calculating as he looked around at the other students. "Not a lot of people are really talking about their weapons and Semblances. Just you two."

"Is that so?" I asked. Elysia looked equally curious about this statement.

"None of us are a sure shot to attend Haven, remember?" He said. "If anything, we should just enjoy the fact that we've been 'recommended' to come here."

"I suppose," Elysia began. "But, I do believe that I'll pass the test quite easily."

"Same here." I agreed with the very statement. The boy nodded.

"With that confidence, I think you two would definitely pass, then." He said before offering his hand. "I'm Nero. Nero Banecraw."

"Railen Roame."

"Elysia Ceres."

"Nice to meet you two." He said with a small smile as we shook hands. His hands were much smoother than Elysia's, surprisingly. "I hope to see you both in the initiation."

With that, he turned and walked back to the Academy buildings. Upon closer inspection, I saw that his tail was being kept neat by bands every few inches.

"He's a wolf Faunus." I heard Elysia say. I looked at her for an explanation. "Banecraw's were once a very proud family of Wolf Faunus, and they were always recognized by how they kept their tails banded. He may be a valuable asset to a team, wouldn't you think? And how m-"

I didn't think, really. Instead, I used my Semblance. Focusing my Aura to my eyes, one second slowed as the world around me ultimately seemed to freeze and turn into shades of blue and black. Students around me were given blue outlines, while the Haven buildings were outlined in black.

I can't tell by his hands' smoothness what his fighting style might be, but his red bracelet must be related somehow. Also, if my team has both myself and Elysia in it, then we cover both range with her Dust, and close combat with myself. I need to find out what he can do. I relinquished my Aura from my eyes after what felt like a minute in the darkened world, allowing light and colors to return to my sight. Upon which, came the tell-tale flash of my light blue irises, and apparently, Elysia noticed.

"Was that your Semblence?" She asked. I sighed; I was hoping she wasn't actually looking at me when I did it. "Whatever you did with your eyes?"

"Yes." I answered. "Yes it is."

"Are you going to tell how it works?" She asked.

"Only if we manage to be on the same team, sure." I doubted it, but somehow I knew that might happen.

"Do you have a name for it?" Elysia asked. A name? I thought. No, but why not, it could be fun.

"I call it my Split-Second Vantage." I said, with a slight air of pride. This elicited a soft giggle from the Dust Mage.

"In that case, mine is Maelstrom." Elysia smiled as she said it. Indeed, it sounded like something too dangerous to demonstrate in the park. Before I could turn the conversation to another subject, everyone in the park received a loud, beeping notification from their Scrolls. A message on the screen read:

ALL HAVEN FIRST YEAR ENTRANTS, PLEASE GO TO THE MAIN HALL TO BEGIN EXAMINATIONS.

"Well, Elysia," I began, as I watched one student hastily take to the skies on a glider, a confident smile on her face as she landed to be first to the academy entrance. "This is it."

"Good luck, Railen," She said as we stood and shook hands. "I'll be rather disappointed if I don't see you at initiation."

"Likewise." I nodded before we began to walk back to the buildings.

This was the first step of many. I could hear many students arguing and boasting, but I quickly ignored them. This wasn't about me, or my strength. This test would test my mind as Hunter. I was ready.

A/N: Hey everyone! Hope you enjoyed this little tidbit of a intro chapter to two of my other OCs for the protag-team, Elysia and Nero. Just as well, I put it two OCs sent by you guys that caught my interest, and that I felt needed to be noticed a bit. Leave a review about what you thought.

Also, more details about their Semblances, especially Railen's, will be later in the story, maybe in the Initation Arc?

Once again, Hope you enjoyed the update. I'm doing my best to make sure each chapter is at least 1K words.

See y'all next chapter!

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BleachCadelina